The world's most favorite Louver Museum in Paris, France, was closed on Sunday, October 19, 2025, after a heist was reported about a major jewelry theft. The Ministry of Culture, France, confirmed that the home of the French crown jewels was robbed and that priceless Napoleonic jewels were stolen.

French police officials reported that the most precious historical jewelry pieces had been stolen, including the “Crown” and the royal necklace, which Napoleon gifted to his wife, Empress Eugenie de Montijo.

According to the French culture ministry nine royal jewelry pieces were stolen from Louvre Museum including a highly valuable ‘crown’ of Napoleon III’s wife (which the thieves dropped on their way out along with the regent diamond), valued more than US$60m (£45m). According to the officials the jewelry pieces left near the scene were apparently dropped by the thieves in their haste to escape the site immediately.

The investigators are still checking for the damages of the most valuable ornate crown that features golden eagles and is covered in 1,354 diamonds and 56 emeralds, according to the Louvre's website.

The other stolen pieces which the thieves took along, included a tiara, earrings and a sapphire necklace from the jewelry set of Queen Hortense and pieces of jewelry from the Marie-Louise set along with a brooch that once belonged to "Empress Eugenie." The precious jewelry pieces were housed in the Galeria d'Apollon which was built in 1661 by Louis XIV.

The Galerie d'Appollon is an enormous room on the upper floor of the Petite Galerie, which houses the French Crown Jewels as well as the royal collection of hardstone vessels, paintings, tapestries and medallions, the museum's website said.

Moreover, all the stolen items belonged to France's 19th century royalty and are encrusted with thousands of diamonds and other precious gemstones. As reported by BBC, French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said it took just a few minutes for the masked suspects to carry out the burglary in the Louvre Museum.

Nuñez said that beyond their commercial value, the stolen pieces have a cultural and historical value that could not be calculated, describing them as "priceless" and "of immeasurable heritage value." The officials assumed that the criminals preferred to steal jewels because they can be simply broken down and sold for cash whereas it is more difficult to make money from precious stolen artworks which are easily recognizable.